The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
HAIR OIL AND HAIR DYE
Very Few Men Use Them Nowndnys-Gray
Hair Rather Fashionable.
From the WdshingtOn Star.


Every few men want oil on their hair now
adays." said q barber to q Star reporter. A
few years ago the man who didn't use hair oil
It Is is the exception. os course we are glad Of
pockets. five years ago had to have fresh
THY will last me "A MONTH"
How about dyeing tho hair and beard ?" the
"There has boon greater falling Off in the
pse OF aye than in inc use of hair Ola the bar
hair and whiskers almost as regularly as they
shaved. Most OF these men were more or less
inclined to be sports or beaus.. and always
wanted to look rs young as possible, Others.
however, were respectable and steady-going
citizens and business men. who gave In to
young. There was large class of out and -out
gamblers and sharpers, who seemed to have
@ u out Of fSspbnS W ba hr
kers and moustnches. SO that nearly all gam
blers or sports who had rcd or sandy hair on
used to have it dyed regularly as black as they
could get 1t. few of these are still around
town. rs easy enough to tell them; because
their eyebrows don't match the rest OF tho hair
on their face
SO you don't have much use for hair dye
up tho flow Of tonsorial "reminiscences and re-
Elections. which. contrary to tho traditions of
tho graft, seemed 70 show signs of drying up.
No. indeed. When n man comes along now
and asks to have his moustache or hair dyed
he usually catches rs unpreparcd, and II we
have any dye on hand ut all II generally takes
u good while to hunt II up and got tho bottle
dIlstcd on. l think we have only one regular
customer in that line now and he isn't an old
man. either. Ho Is young fellow whose hair
Is black or nearly black, while his eyebrows
and beard arc sandy. He has his whlskers and
eyebrows dyed to match his hair regularly
twice u month";
But young mon don't seem to care nova
days II their hair and beard are gray. In fact.
they seem To be rather proud OF 1t. When thcy
really begin to grow old-that is, when they
got within few laps OF j0-they get sens 1.-Two
about It, however. and II they arc not bald
ing the hair from turning gray Ike.
on, yes. great many men uso cosmetic on
their moustachas," tho barber continued. in
response 10 n suggestion. In fact, thera Hre
worry few who don't use II. Some time ago most
mep wouldn't lot barber Put any powder on
for it,, It's laughablo how partlcuar some men
are about their hair. No matter how much
care tho barber takes about combing and
brushing II, they are never satisfied, but al
ways insist on taking the comb and brush
themselves and arranging II Just 50, with
odd customersI I've got three that have
shaved and sheared for seventeen years, l
think, without ever missing u shaving day, eN-
ccpt when they were ont Of town. or was sick
for over week. They won't, under any con
sidcrnton let nnY ono else touch them, unless
daye one OF iem c his 9t,.r,i ;ru& q couple
al limos when business compelled him To SO
out "a the city for "a long time. They wait for
mo for hours when there are several ahead Of
them, and very ofton miss their shaving day
rather than allow another barber to touch their
big crank on the subject OF BARRIERS and
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